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recomendations for table top milling setups?
On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 12:02:46 PM UTC-7, pyotr filipivich wrote:
thinking of doing some small (and I do mean _small_) milling, to make a set of molds for casting type Well, the usual technology is photolithography (chemical etching), of course. The level-matching of an etched plate is VERY handy in printing, where a bit of type wear or misalignment causes uneven impressions. Bennet Cerf once typeset a book, got it printed, and had to destroy the whole press run. The printer (in Spain) had worn type, but the letters W don't wear down much when only printing Spanish... |
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recomendations for table top milling setups?
whit3rd on Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:23:38 -0700 (PDT)
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: On Sunday, June 16, 2019 at 12:02:46 PM UTC-7, pyotr filipivich wrote: thinking of doing some small (and I do mean _small_) milling, to make a set of molds for casting type Well, the usual technology is photolithography (chemical etching), of course. The level-matching of an etched plate is VERY handy in printing, where a bit of type wear or misalignment causes uneven impressions. And that can be called "an artistic feature". Bennet Cerf once typeset a book, got it printed, and had to destroy the whole press run. The printer (in Spain) had worn type, but the letters W don't wear down much when only printing Spanish... Ouch. -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." |
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